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"(PeteCresswell)" <> wrote in message
news:...
> My laptop (Asus 901, XP Pro) can see files on another PC (Linux
> box).
>
> What's more it can see them over WiFi and over hard-wired
> Ethernet (WiFi controller turned off).
>
> It can open small image (.png) files either way
>
> Windows MediaPlayer can open large .mpg files either way - albeit
> way jerkily via WiFi.
>
> But another Windows app, MythTv Player 0.4.2, cannot.
>
> One diff is that the problem app is going against an SQL AnyWhere
> DB instead of directly to the .mpgs.
>
> Can anybody suggest a reason for the diff? Seems like there's
> something tb config'd in the WiFi connection. Some protocol?
>
> --
> PeteCresswell

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Hi
Could be that the functional "Speed" the WIFI is too low for the tasks that
you are trying.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

"(PeteCresswell)" <> wrote in message
news:...
> My laptop (Asus 901, XP Pro) can see files on another PC (Linux
> box).
>
> What's more it can see them over WiFi and over hard-wired
> Ethernet (WiFi controller turned off).
>
> It can open small image (.png) files either way
>
> Windows MediaPlayer can open large .mpg files either way - albeit
> way jerkily via WiFi.
>
> But another Windows app, MythTv Player 0.4.2, cannot.
>
> One diff is that the problem app is going against an SQL AnyWhere
> DB instead of directly to the .mpgs.
>
> Can anybody suggest a reason for the diff? Seems like there's
> something tb config'd in the WiFi connection. Some protocol?
>
> --
> PeteCresswell

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